Employee was adding a drill steel when roof bolting and the steel in the roof fell out and hit him on his finger.
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Showing all 19Employee picked up a 9x9 plate and turned around and hit his hand on valve bank of roof bolter.
Employee was moving miner out of #2 entry on #1 unit. He thought he had turned the miner off but as he reached down to pick up a rope to hang on miner tail the miner moved causing his head to be caught between the tail of the miner and the coal rib.
While trying to adjust drill steel the steel came out of the chuck and hit him on the hand.
Employee was bending a roof bolt and it started to slide off of bolter. When he grabbed for it the bolt struck him in the eye breaking his contact lens.
Trying to straighten a roof bolt and his gas detector pouch got caught in the joy stick causing the rotation to start and his arm was struck by the roof bolt.
Employee was walking around roof bolter when operator made a sudden move with bolter. The employee was caught between deck of bolter and coal rib.
using fast feed to install a roof bolt and the bolt bent hitting him above the left eye
Employee was roof bolting when auger came out of chuck and struck right hand between thumb and index finger. (Required 5 stitches.)
Employee was bending a roof bolt in the drill hole, when it twisted, causing his right shoulder to pop. This did not become reportable until 8-11-08.
Emplyee was using a chop saw to cut a piece of metal. When it cut thru his finger slipped into the blade causing a laceration requiring 7 sutures.
While inserting roof bolt in drill hole he hit the rotation lever by accident causing his hand to twist.
Employee was installing roof bolts and while bending a roof bolt he felt a pain in his back. Did not become reportable until 10-17-07.
Employee was installing a roof bolt and the rotation was engaged by accident, causing him to twist his left hand.
Employee was letting the boom of his bolter down and a drill steel that was laying on top of the bolter got caught on the boom, causing it to flip up, hitting him on the cheek bone.
Drilling a hole in the mine roof to install a roof bolt and the drill steel dropped down out of the hole hitting him on the right thumb causing a laceration requiring sutures.
Putting pinner steel together when steel bent and hit the inside of his left hand at the index finger fracturing his knuckle.
Drilling a hole in the mine roof when the drill steel bent and hit against his right hand and thumb.
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLTS WHEN HIS GLOVE BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BOLTER CHUCK AND THE WRENCH HE WAS USING TO TIGHTEN ROOF BOLTS CAUSING A FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT THUMB